Improved washing-machine



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IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

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Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish animproved washing-machine, which shall beso constructed and arranged as to do its work quickly and thoroughly under the combined operation of pressure, rubbing, and'rinsing; and

It consists in the `construction and combination ofA the various parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the outer case or frame of the machine, which is made rectangular in its general form, and the middleparts of the sides of which are extended upward, to furnish supports to the adjustable stationary rubber-board B.

The rubber-board B is rigidly attached to the shaft or cross-bar b, the endsor journals of which rest in bearings in the supports a.

To the cross-bar b is securely attached an iron frame, b4, to which is securely attached a metallic plate, b5.

b2 are wooden strips or bars, attached to the vertical bars of theirou frame b, for convenience in attaching the half-round wooden bars or cleats h, placed transversely upon the face of the metallic plate b5.

The plate b5 is perforated, between the slots 126, with numerous holes, so that the water can pass through it freely. v

rlhe plate 115 being metallic, enables the perforations to be made more numerous, and of a suicient size to insure a free circulation of the water throughout the entire surface of the rubber-board, which caunot be done with a wooden board without making' the holes of suoli a size as to injure the clothes, anddestroy the strength of the board.

C is a lever, which is attached to the cross-bar b of the frame of the rubber' B, and extending down along the side of the case or frame A, and catching upon the teeth of a ratchet-bar, D, attached to the side of the case or frame A, so that the rubber-board B may easily be adjusted in any desired-position, by adjusting the position of the le'ver C.

E is the water-box, which is made rectangular in itsI general form, and to the four corners ofthe bottom of which are pivoted four grooved or flanged pulleys, F, which rest upon and roll along the side-bars of the frame G.

The frame G is pivoted, at the cent-ral points of its side-bars, to the sides of the oase or frame A, so that the said frame may be tilted, to cause the box E to roll back and forth along its side-bars.

The frame G may be operated or tilted by means of a bent lever, H, pivoted to the lower part of the case or frame A, and connected with the frame Gr.

The upper part of' the lever H extends up along `the side of the case or frame A, into such a position vthat its upper end may be conveniently reached and operated by the operator.

The movement of the lever H islimited bya guard or keeper, I, attached to the side of the case or frame A, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. p

J is the movable rubber-board, which is formed of wooden bars j, an iron frame, j, a perforated metallicplate, ja, and transverse wooden cleats j, in the same manner as herein described with reference to the rubber-board B.

The rubber-board J moves up and down vertically, along the side ofthe cleats e', attached to the inner surface of the box E, and is held forward against said cleats by the friction-rollers K, pivoted to said boXE,

as shown in fig. 1.

The bottom of the box E has a transverse groove or recess, L, formed in it, into which the lower edge of the rubber-board J ent-ers, and which is made of such a depth that the movementof the rubber J will never raise its lower edge out of the recess L, `so that itwill be `impossible for the clothes to ever get 'beneath the lower edge of the said rubber, and prevent its free movement, or be cut, worn, or injured.

The rubber-board J is operated, to rub the clothes, by a lever, M, pivoted to the edge of the box E, or to a support attached to the said box.

The forward end of the lever M is connected with the rubber-board J, and its free end extends out, in such a position that it may be conveniently reached and operated by the operator while standing in such a position that he can, at the same time, reach the lever H, to operate it, when required.

In using the machine, the clothes to be washed are placed in the box lil, between the rubber-boards B and J, and the box Eis filled about one-third full -of water.

The lower end of the frame G is then raised, by means of the lever H, causing the box to run to the other end of said frame G. Y

The water, as the lower end ofthe box E begins to rise, flows toward the other end of said box, and, by its weight, assistsv in the operation.

This movement of the box E presses the clothes between the rubbers B and J, by the weight of thewater in the box.

The rubber J is then moved up and down, by means of the lever M, rubbing the clothes between the said rubbers.

When the clothes have been rubbed for a few seconds, the lever H is operated, to tilt the box E slightly in the other direction, causing the water to fiow through the perforations of the rubber-board B, pushing the clothes away from said board, and causing them to fallback into the water, and thus rinsing them.

As the box E is tilted back, the return-flow of the water again lifts the clothes, bringing them into a different position upon the board B, when the rubbing is repeated, and so on until the clothes have been thoroughly Washed.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

1. The movable tilting boX..E, having wheels or rollers F pivoted to its lower part, in combination with the tilting-frame G, pivoted to the frame or case A, and operated by the lever H, or other suitable device, substantially' as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The stationary rubber-board B, adjustably con nected to the frame, or case A, in combination with the movable tilting-box E, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The movable rubber-board J, constructed and operating substantially as herein shown and described, in combination with the movable tilting box E and rubber B, as and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses: DAVID GRAVES.

l. B. MosHER, JAMES T. GRAHAM. 

